Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / Barnes & Noble / ereader device / Harlequin Presents / Kobo / Literary Criticism42 Comments
Apple instituted a new rule that was to go into effect last month which disallowed Apps to have a direct link to the retailers purchasing site unless the retailer offered the same products for sale inside the App and allowed Apple to get 30%. Under Agency pricing, of course, this ... more >
B Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews / D ReviewsHarlequin Presents / Melanie Milburne / Michelle-Reid / Natalie Anderson / Penny Jordan / Sarah Morgan13 Comments
I have an 8 book subscription for Harlequin Presents. It’s about $25.00 and I enjoy the sudsy, angst laden stories. Unfortunately I got behind in my reading and reviewing of these. Here’s the July reads for me (I don’t know if everyone gets the same titles their subscriptions?) A Stormy ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBad Blood / Harlequin Presents / movie-star / Notorious Wolfes / opposites attract / Sarah Morgan29 Comments
Dear Ms. Morgan, I’m always on the lookout for a new book by you, and when I saw that your latest Presents release was the first of a new series featuring a number of prominent authors, I was hooked at once. Released as the Bad Blood series in the UK, ... more >
B Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / Harlequin / Harlequin Presents / Italy / Kate Hewitt / marriage-of-convenience / Ugly Duckling42 Comments
Note: was released in the UK as “The Bride’s Awakening” Dear. Ms. Hewitt, Your post at DA about your hero who deliberately marries his plain heroine caught my attention. A dashing, powerful, dark Italian hero who isn’t going to bed/marry then spurn/reject/humiliate a delicate blonde flower of a heroine? Bring ... more >
B- Reviews / D Reviewsamnesia / Harlequin Presents / India Grey / infertility / Secret-Baby15 Comments
The following are two secret baby stories but very differently portrayed. In Morey’s story, the pregnancy arises out of a botched fertility experiment and in the Grey story, amnesia leading to a lost father. I am always terribly amused when HP authors manage to bring in more than one romance ... more >
Publishing NewsAmazon / digital lending / Harlequin Presents / Kindle / Library / self-published / Siren-Bookstrand Inc34 Comments
Is Amazon doing some faint quality control? Amazon, in response to customer complaints, request took down a self published title be republished because of grammatical and typographical errors. Dear Publisher, Thank you for your submission of “Title Here” (ASIN: ASIN NUMBER HERE) to the Kindle Store through Amazon KDP. During ... more >